This is going to be a two part series.
Building exterior sliding barn doors.
Screw each piece of lumber together.
If you are building a barn with wooden siding put nicest boards aside for doors trims.
If needed you can substitute 1x10 t g boards for 1x8 1x12 or even 2x6 or 2x8 boards.
Measure your barn opening to determine the size of the doors.
We have an awesome building project for you today.
We started out in the lumber isle at our local hardware store.
Since these doors are heavy he easiest way to construct them is to build the door on the ground first and hang it second.
To begin building your metal barn doors place each 2x6x8 piece of lumber in place to form a large rectangle.
Building a sliding barn door means you don t have to rip open and reframe a wall for a pocket door.
The simplest way to build a door is to use 1x10 t g barn siding for the door and regular straight edge 1x10 barn siding for trims and cross bucks.
The first sharing how to build the barn door and the second will be talking about barn door hardware and installation in our attic family room.